[Excaliber]

Of course your right Sal, but what about the guy who has a limited budget? THATS the point. I did all of the above on mine, did it need it? Well as hard as I drive the car, in my case, it did. Don't forget to have the rotating assembly balanced, which ran about $300 on mine (including the pressure plate). Had I used the original pistons I would have considered NOT doing the balance, for instance. With an unlimited budget perhaps I would have gone with a new crank, theory being the 30 year old crank was 'weak'. You just got to draw the line somewhere.

For a mild build on a budget and driven within reason theres a lot of "stuff" that could be left out.